Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong

Year of the Tiger

An Activist's Life

Alice Wong

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · September 6, 2022

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF USA TODAY'S MUST-READ BOOKS • This groundbreaking memoir offers a glimpse into an activist's journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability justice, from the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project “Alice Wong provides deep truths in this fun and deceptively easy read about her survival in this hectic and ableist society.” —Selma Blair, bestselling author of Mean Baby In Chinese culture, the tiger is deeply revered for its confidence, passion, ambition, and ferocity.

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Who it’s for
A collage-like memoir brings personal reflection and a lively commitment to disability justice together.
Themes
Disability justice, Community-building, Access and systemic ableism
Genres
Disability Memoirs, Asian & Asian American Lives, Activist Lives

About this book

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF USA TODAY'S MUST-READ BOOKS • This groundbreaking memoir offers a glimpse into an activist's journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability justice, from the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project “Alice Wong provides deep truths in this fun and deceptively easy read about her survival in this hectic and ableist society.” —Selma Blair, bestselling author of Mean Baby In Chinese culture, the tiger is deeply revered for its confidence, passion, ambition, and ferocity.

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That same fighting spirit resides in Alice Wong. Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique talent to share an impressionistic scrapbook of her life as an Asian American disabled activist, community organizer, media maker, and dreamer. From her love of food and pop culture to her unwavering commitment to dismantling systemic ableism, Alice shares her thoughts on creativity, access, power, care, the pandemic, mortality, and the future. As a self-described disabled oracle, Alice traces her origins, tells her story, and creates a space for disabled people to be in conversation with one another and the world. Filled with incisive wit, joy, and rage, Wong’s Year of the Tiger will galvanize readers with big cat energy.

Wit and Resolve

A collage-like memoir brings personal reflection and a lively commitment to disability justice together.

Come here for

  • Essays, conversations, images, and art in a scrapbook-like mix
  • Wit, joy, and rage alongside the work of building community

Expect

  • Reflections ranging from food and pop culture to access, care, and mortality
  • An Asian American disabled activist’s perspective on power and creativity

Where it sits

Disability Memoirs86%
Activist Lives41%
Asian & Asian American Lives40%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Asian & Asian American Lives
  • Activist Lives
  • Disability Memoirs
Authors
Alice Wong
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published
September 6, 2022
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Disability justice · Community-building · Access and systemic ableism
Reading lane
Asian & Asian American Lives